diff --git a/xsl/sparql_to_html.xsl b/xsl/sparql_to_html.xsl
index 0c9c5bcc..79cc438e 100644
--- a/xsl/sparql_to_html.xsl
+++ b/xsl/sparql_to_html.xsl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/DataAccess/rf1/result" version="1.0" xmlns:php="http://php.net/xsl" exclude-result-prefixes="php">
-  <!-- Red and White XSLT -->
+<xsl:output method="xml" encoding="UTF-8"/> 
+ <!-- Red and White XSLT -->
   <xsl:param name="BASEURL" select="$baseUrl"/>
   <xsl:param name="PATH" select="$path"/>
   <xsl:param name="thisPid" select="$collectionPid"/>